Aristeo Pedroza

Aristeo Pedroza (died 3 July 1929) was a Mexican Catholic priest and a leader of the Cristeros during the Cristero War.

Biography
Aristeo Pedroza was born in Tuxpan, Jalisco, Mexico, and he became a Catholic priest before joining the Cristeros during the Cristero War of the 1920s. He was known for his moral discipline and for being an adept leader despite a lack of military experience, and he had the general Victoriano Ramirez executed for dividing the Cristeros with his brutish antics. On 5 April 1929, he won the Cristeros' last victory of the war at San Francisco del Rincon, and he was captured and executed on 3 July 1929, days after the war's end.